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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






2. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






3. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






4. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






5. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






6. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






7. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






8. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






9. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






10. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






11. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






12. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






13. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






14. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






15. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






16. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






17. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






18. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






19. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






20. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






21. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






22. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






23. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






24. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






25. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






26. Pale green






27. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






28. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






29. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






30. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






31. Technique of shading using dots to control value






32. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






33. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






34. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






35. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






36. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






37. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






38. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






39. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






40. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






41. Known for his glass sculpture






42. Application of potassium sulphide






43. Where the revolving door was fully developed






44. Creates blue dye






45. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






46. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






47. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






48. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






49. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






50. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence